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Question about armed robots in Iraq

kopo77

Wroclaw, Poland
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Posted: Monday, November 12, 2012 - 01:28 AM UTC

Hello
Can somebody help me with a picture of "Armed Tactical Robot" deployed in Iraq? I think about Blast Models (BL35173k)?
Thank You for help
Chris

Frenchy

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Posted: Monday, November 12, 2012 - 02:31 AM UTC

Hi Chris

This robot (a.k.a.unmanned ground vehicle - UGV ) is called SWORDS (Special Weapons Observation Remote Direct-Action System) and it's built by Foster-Miller :

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Popular Mechanics article (2009)

HTH

Frenchy

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